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		<title>Automatic Faucets…Stupid Invention.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelle</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Weird Inventions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[automatic faucets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am sure by now you have seen automatic faucets in a public restroom or other public place with running water near you. Basically, the faucet has no handles&#8230;it is operated by a sensor that detects your motion by your hands and it will automagically turn on by the movement.
This is what one looks like, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sure by now you have seen automatic faucets in a public restroom or other public place with running water near you. Basically, the faucet has no handles&#8230;it is operated by a sensor that detects your motion by your hands and it will automagically turn on by the movement.</p>
<p>This is what one looks like, in case you haven&#8217;t seen them:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="size-full wp-image-612 aligncenter" title="0417091933" src="http://bestofstupid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/0417091933.jpg" alt="0417091933" width="461" height="346" /><br />
In theory, it is supposed to save billions of dollars worldwide in water costs, not to mention help conserve water.</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s quite possible that maybe these automatic faucets do indeed save a lot of water. After all, every time I try to use one to wash my hands, guess what? No water comes out of it. Unless, of course, I drop my purse or something else I don&#8217;t want to get all wet. Sure, then it will work quite well and completely soaking everything in its path.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m against conserving water or anything like that. But it aggravates the heck out of me when I have to stand there for five minutes waving my hands around like an idiot to get water to come out.</p>
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		<title>Do You Have Swine Flu?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[10,000 people are searching in panic on the great medical resource websites of Google and Yahoo to learn if they have the symptoms of swine flu. 
Fortunately everything you need to know to clear up the confusion will be evident as soon as you click on the link below:
http://doihaveswineflu.org/
It&#8217;s about time we all participated in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>10,000 people are searching in panic on the great medical resource websites of Google and Yahoo to learn if they have the symptoms of swine flu. </p>
<p>Fortunately everything you need to know to clear up the confusion will be evident as soon as you click on the link below:</p>
<p>http://doihaveswineflu.org/</p>
<p>It&#8217;s about time we all participated in some good old fashioned mass hysteria.</p>
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		<title>Make a Toaster Out of a VCR</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This one definitely wins an award for creativity. A toaster made from a VCR! I guess in the days of DVDs and YouTube videos, your VCR does not need to be forgotten or go to the garbage. Oh no, it can make perfect toast for you!
This video below demonstrates how this thing works well for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This one definitely wins an award for creativity. A toaster made from a VCR! I guess in the days of DVDs and YouTube videos, your VCR does not need to be forgotten or go to the garbage. Oh no, it can make perfect toast for you!</p>
<p>This video below demonstrates how this thing works well for flinging toast at you and your friends:</p>
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<p>And I know you of course want to make one don&#8217;t you? Who <em>wouldn&#8217;t</em> want one of these? Well, as far as I know you can&#8217;t buy them anywhere. But the good news is there are step by step instructions for building your own available <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_make_a_VHS_video_toaster/?ALLSTEPS">here</a>. So, if you&#8217;ve ever been one of those people who likes to build stuff from old stuff and keep outdated and obsolete technology out of landfills, this one should be perfect for you!</p>
<p>If you do make one of these, I want to see it!</p>
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		<title>Funny Sign: Restrooms and Cookies Together at Last</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A picture I snapped at a banquet hall...nothing like plates of cookies next to the restroom sign!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a funny sign that I noticed while at a party a few months ago. I&#8217;ve been meaning to share some more original funny photos and pictures found by yours truly here, but I am kind of lazy when it comes to dragging out the camera and uploading all the pictures up to my computer. </p>
<p><img src="http://bestofstupid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/funnysigns-300x178.jpg" alt="funnysigns" title="funnysigns" width="300" height="178" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-595" /></p>
<p>This picture as you can see is pointing towards the restrooms, which in a public banquet hall makes perfectly good sense since people will naturally need to use them and have no idea where they are. </p>
<p>But&#8230;placing the cookies directly beside the sign? I don&#8217;t know about that! Is there anything appetizing about cookies knowing they are on direct route from the bathroom? Geez, I hope everybody washed their hands&#8230;</p>
<p>Have a funny picture you&#8217;d like to share and let me post on this site for all the world to see? I always give full credit (and links to your site if you have one) so c&#8217;mon now, don&#8217;t be shy, <a href="http://bestofstupid.com/contact">Send Me Your Stupid Funny Stuff</a>.</p>
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		<title>Bad Ideas for April Fool’s Day Pranks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This post explains How NOT to be an April Idiot with a list of 10 bad examples of April Fool's Day Pranks, some with video examples.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happy April Fool&#8217;s Day Everybody! I&#8217;m not much of a prankster by nature, but I know some people will certainly be pulling a few pranks today so I decided to create a post all about pranks NOT to pull. There&#8217;s quite a few pranks that even though they may appear to be slightly harmless can actually have some pretty devastating consequences. There&#8217;s plenty of pranks gone wrong plastered all over the internet. So, here&#8217;s my list of bad ideas for April Fool&#8217;s Day Pranks.</p>
<p>1. <strong>Tell Your Partner You&#8217;re Cheating On Them</strong>: I have no idea why anyone would think this would be a good prank to tell someone you&#8217;ve been <a href="http://www.itmightbelove.com/2008/08/26/signs-he-is-cheating/">cheating</a> on them, but this video clip below shows you exactly how this one can backfire on you:</p>
<p><embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/521485/cheating_husband_prank_call.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true"></embed><br /><font size = 1><a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/521485/cheating_husband_prank_call/">Cheating Husband Prank Call</a> - <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/">Funny home videos are a click away</a></font></p>
<p>2. <strong>Prank Call the Cops</strong>: Yes, people have really thought it would be funny to prank call the cops. Until they end up getting caught and arrested of course. Keep the police out of it my friends. For that matter, don&#8217;t think about the fire department, emergency services, or any other authority type figures you can think of. </p>
<p>3. <strong>Pretending to Run People Over:</strong> Of course you don&#8217;t plan on really running anybody over of course. BUT&#8230;you shouldn&#8217;t even pretend to do it. People can get seriously hurt! </p>
<p>4. <strong>Anything Involving Fireworks, Flames, Smoke Bomb, Fires</strong>: Unless getting arson charges is your goal, you&#8217;re probably best to avoid any of these marvelous ideas as well!</p>
<p>5. <strong>Photocopying Your Butt</strong>: Most offices do have security cameras, so you&#8217;ll likely get in trouble. Even if you don&#8217;t get in trouble&#8230;well, you might end up like this guy:</p>
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<p>6. <strong>Tampering With Mail Boxes</strong>: Doing anything with a mailbox is a federal offense. Don&#8217;t go there! Though it would be a good day to deal with all that <a href="http://bestofstupid.com/how-to-stop-receiving-junk-mailor-at-least-have-more-fun-with-your-junk-mail/">junk mail</a> you&#8217;ve been getting. </p>
<p>7. <strong>Messing With People&#8217;s Food</strong>: Well, you could probably do some harmless things, like make a cake with salt&#8230;but for the most part with just about everybody anymore having food allergies you probably don&#8217;t want to mess with people&#8217;s food either. You don&#8217;t want to make them sick or worse not be able to breathe and have to be rushed to the emergency room! It&#8217;s also not cool to mix non-food things with food - not worth the risks of poisoning your friends. </p>
<p>8. <strong>Creating Mass Panic</strong>: This is another bad idea. You don&#8217;t want hundreds or thousands of people in a panic about a bunch of nonsense. Be careful you Twitter addicts with lots of followers!</p>
<p>9. <strong>Giving People False Hope</strong>: It&#8217;s just not nice to make someone think something good is going to happen, and then it doesn&#8217;t. How would you feel if I told you I was going to send all of my subscribers $20&#8230;and then didn&#8217;t. It wouldn&#8217;t even be funny.</p>
<p>10. <strong>Do the Same Pranks As Everybody Else</strong>: Last April Fool&#8217;s day just about every blogger out there said they were selling their blog. Or something along those lines. It was pretty lame when you see it over and over again. Be creative! If you can&#8217;t think of anything good, just do what I did and write a lame post about bad ideas for April Fool&#8217;s Day. At least that way fewer people will do stupid things hopefully. <img src='http://bestofstupid.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>What&#8217;s the worst April Fool&#8217;s day prank you&#8217;ve ever seen or done or had someone do to you? Want to share an April Fool&#8217;s Day prank gone bad? Share it in the comments below!</p>
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